Vice Principal

Houlton School, RUGBY, Warwickshire, CV23 1ED

17 days remaining to apply

• Job start date

  1 September 2026

• Closing date

  6 March 2026 at 9am

• Date listed

  16 February 2026

Job details

• Job role:
  • Deputy headteacher
• Visa sponsorship: Visas cannot be sponsored
• Key stage: Key stage 3, Key stage 4, Key stage 5
• Working pattern: Full time: STPCD Full Time Permanent
• Contract type: Permanent
• Pay scale: L17-21 (£76,772.00 - £84,699.00 per year)

What skills and experience we're looking for

Applications are invited for Vice Principal positions at Houlton School and Ashlawn School, offering an exciting opportunity to join two ambitious and forward-thinking academies within Transforming Lives Educational Trust. This is a unique joint recruitment process, with a single collaborative interview, where successful candidates will be appointed to the school that best aligns with their experience, leadership strengths, and the specific needs of the setting.

As Vice Principal, you will play a pivotal role in supporting the Head of School to deliver exceptional educational outcomes, high standards, and strong day-to-day leadership. You will champion outstanding teaching and learning, driving improvements in behaviour, attendance, academic progress, attainment, and personal development. With a clear commitment to inclusion and ambition for every learner, you will help lead the implementation of a holistic and inspiring curriculum, shape whole-school priorities, and contribute strategically to the academy’s vision and improvement plans. As a key member of the Senior Leadership Team, you will provide direction, support, and operational leadership—helping to create a culture where both staff and students flourish.

What the school offers its staff

Why work for Houlton?

• A caring school on a 20 acre, green-field campus that is small enough to know every pupil’s name and story, yet large enough to offer an exciting breadth of curriculum, including our brand new Sixth Form, which launches in September 2026.
• You’ll be working within a community of passionate, committed colleagues who genuinely support each other.
• A staff well-being team implements various strategies to boost staff engagement including various activities, events, conferences, and many other staff benefits.
• Excellent opportunities to develop and grow in the successful and expanding Transforming Lives Educational Trust, a growing Multi-academy Trust based within the local community.

Further information about the job

The candidate will be required to undergo a full enhanced DBS check and must be eligible to work in the UK.

Visas cannot be sponsored.

If you're interested in teaching or training to teach in England as an international citizen, we can help you understand your next steps.

What next?

We want to hear from you if you are as excited as we are about this opportunity within our successful and growing Trust. In return, we can offer the right candidate the chance to work within our innovative and forward-thinking Trust as well as offering excellent professional development and progression.

We encourage you to consider the information in the attached pack carefully and use it to picture yourself within the role at either Houlton or Ashlawn School. Should you wish to discuss any element of the pack in more detail, please don’t hesitate to contact us. We look forward to receiving your application.

How to Apply:

Please submit your application using the following link:

https://candidates.every.education/portal/tletvacancies/

Commitment to safeguarding

The Transforming Lives Educational Trust is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children and young people and expect all staff, volunteers, contractors, parents and pupils to share this commitment.

Applying for the job

Apply for the job by following the link below.

CVs will not be accepted for this application.

Additional documents

If you need these documents in an accessible format, please contact the school.

TLET-Staff-Recruitmet-Booklet.pdf - 3.32 MB (opens in new tab)

Vice Principal (Secondary Settings) Recruitment Pack January 2026.pdf - 312 KB (opens in new tab)

TLET Data Protection Privacy Notice - Applicants.docx (4) (1).pdf - 650 KB (opens in new tab)

About Houlton School

• School type: Free School, ages 11 to 18
• Education phase: Secondary school
• School size: 710 pupils enrolled
• Age range: 11 to 18
• Ofsted report: View Ofsted report
• School website: Houlton School website
• Email address: careers@tlet.org.uk
• Phone number: 01788593900
• See more jobs: teaching-vacancies.service.gov.uk/organisations/houlton-school

Houlton School is an 11-18 Free School Academy with World Class Quality Mark status. It is part of the Transforming Lives Educational Trust, based in Rugby. It opened to its founding cohort of Year 7 pupils in September 2021 and will grow, one cohort at a time until there are pupils across ages 11-18.

We are fortunate to occupy a brand new, £39 campus-style academy, which includes the Grade II listed former Rugby Radio Station buildings, as well as three new purpose-built, specialist teaching blocks, all set within a 20 acre campus on the Eastern border of Warwickshire.

This is an exciting time to join the Houlton family. Already accredited as a 'World Class School', you could join us as one of the very first cohorts of both staff and pupils. Check out our campus here: https://youtu.be/zLjJVdqJ3eI

Arranging a visit to Houlton School

To arrange a visit and increase the chance of a successful application email careers@tlet.org.uk.

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